Where Would I Be

Jim Hall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000YUY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,334 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars This is a "nice" album....."early modern" Jim Hall, January 16, 2012

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Dave Lincoln (DFW, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where Would I Be (Audio CD)

I am a jazz guitarist and bona fide Jim Hall nut. This album hails from 1971. I think of this as "early modern" Jim Hall. To my ears, Jim is really establishing his fully realized, artistic self, by this point in his career. In retrospect, I'm surprised that Jim opted to utilize a pianist on this session. He'd already established his reputation of working his magic filling out a trio (as on "The Bridge" with Sonny Rollins, and "It's Nice To Be Here With You"). It was said by horn players, like Art Farmer, "with Jim Hall, you don't need a piano player in the group". So, enough already, but I do enjoy Jim more when there is no pianist present. This is a nice, polished session, but perhaps a bit too polished, and maybe somewhat stiff. The standout cuts, for me, are "Simple Samba", a nice original composition that features one of the most compositional, perfect solos you'll ever hear. Also, "Vera Cruz", and "Where Would I Be" are standouts, to my ears. This album features Jim's beautiful amplified tone and touch throughout, and is overall an uber-mellow, dry Martini sounding affair. I suspect that the producer was shooting for something beyond the normal "jazz guitar album", and hoping to find a market with groovy, 1970's, leisure-suit, cocktail parties. Hey, I like this album, but I'm a Jim Hall nut. I'd only recommend it for bona fide Jim Hall nuts, like me.